Folding awning



Dec. 18, 1951 H. A. LOGAN ETAL FOLDING AWNING 2 SHEETSSII-IEET 1 Filed July 27, 1950 F273 2 I INVENTORS C lat/d 71/5/11. M/ILCHEZ, 5a Hen) ZOGA/U ATTORNEY Dec. 18, 1951 H. A. LOGAN ETAL FOLDING AWNING Filed July 27, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 INVENTORS film/divs 1v. Lima/Fe, 5e.

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 18, 1951 '7}? NT OFFI (I E FOLDING AWNING.

Henry A'. Logan, Heflin, andClaudius NI Wil'ch er'; S'r., Minden, La".

Application-111E227, 1950, Serial No. 176,114

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1'- lhis invention relates toimprovements in awnings for shading residential windows and. like uses, and the primary object of ourinvention is to provideanawning made wholly of metal, and preferably of aluminum to thus;

weather.

Another object is' to" provide a metal awning which may be folded, when not in use, into a compact bundle: for packaging, shipping or storage.

Still another object is to provide ametal awning which may be very easily put up or taken down, and folded away for storage, with but the use of a screw driver andrbyg even an unskilled person;

These and other objects will be made apparent in the course of the following detailed specifiication, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the awning in use, with parts broken away and the cross brace removed to better illustrate the construction.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the awning with the ends folded and ready for packaging, shipping or storage.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the awning in its working position.

Figure 4 is a further enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the upper part of the awning showing the manner in which it is supported on the house.

Figure 5 is another enlarged sectional detail view of the hinge joint for the awning ends, taken substantially along the line 55 in Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly and by reference characters to the drawing, our improved metal awning is designated generally at A and is shaped and sized to fit the frame B of a window or other house or building opening to be shaped. To hang the awning, we provide the frame B with a pair of spaced clips or hangers ID of metal, secured by screws II to the frame and bent outward at their upper ends l2 (Figure 4) as and for a purpose presently apparent.

The awning comprises a sloping top or roof portion made up of a rectangular frame of angle members including upper and lower cross bars l3 and I l joined at their ends by end bars [5 and I6 and at the center by a stifiening bar H. All of these parts are screwed, riveted or otherwise secured together and over this frame is-likewise secured aroofor topsheet I8 formed to clapboardshapeasshown and extendingat the ends and loweredge beyond the frame. The upper edge of the sheetl8 is turned up in the form of a vertical flange: it toclosely fit the :face of the-frame B.

fIheU awning is alsorprovidedwith. ends, each of: which comprises asubstantially triangular frame of: angle material, having a verticaLback bar: 20, a forward1y extending lower bar 2i and a downwardly and forwardly angledtop. or rafter bar 22 all rivetedor otherwise suitably. secured togethen. Arsimilarly shaped endsheet' 23 is secured-over the. outside of. each end frame and atitsupper edge 23a. extends. up. alongside and outwardly: of theend bars: HI and EH ofL'the topframe and. up beneath thelroof. sheetifi, as seen in Figure 5. These ends of the'awning are connected by hinges 24 to the ends of the top part and these, here shown for convenience as simple strap hinges, are secured as indicated at 25 to the adjacent flanges of the end bars I5l6 and top bars 22, as best shown in Figure 3. Thus the awning ends may fold inward toward each other, flat against the underside of the awning top as shown in Figure 2 about the axes of the hinges 24 and as clearly shown therein the ends when so folded will lie wholly within the marginal confines of the rectangular top so that the awning may be conveniently boxed for shipping, or stored away compactly when not in use. The edges 23a, prevent the ends from folding in the opposite direction, of course.

In order to provide clearance, the depending flange of the front cross bar it is notched at 26 to receive the inturned lower flanges of the ends and allow the latter to fold down flat.

To hold the ends unfolded when the awning is in use, we provide a removable cross brace or member 27 having rearwardly turned ends 28 to fit outside the ends at their lower forward corners. The cross brace also has a rearwardly turned flange 29 along its lower edge and at the ends of this flange, where it fits beneath the forward ends of the lower bars 2!, is apertured to receive screws 30 which are threaded up into these bars. Thus the cross brace will hold the ends spread apart and in their proper vertical positions, but when the screws 39 are removed the brace itself is removable so that the ends may be folded.

The upper cross bar l3 has a depending vertical flange 3! in line with the flange !9 in the roof sheet l8 and when the awning is set up it is hung on the window frame B by hooking the lower edge of this flange 3| tightly inside the upper ends [2 of the clips ID, as seen in Figure 4. Obviously, then the installation and removal of the awning requires no tools, and only a screwdriver is needed to remove the screws 30 when the awning is folded up for storage.

The convenient installation and compact folding features of our invention overcomes what has heretofore been the chief drawback to metal awnings, and we, therefore, are able to provide a life-time awning which will need no repair, or even painting, particularly if made of aluminum. The awning furthermore being made from simple sheet covered frames is inexpensive to fabricate while strong enough to stand up under all conditions of normal wear or storage.

While we have herein set forth a certain preferred embodiment of our invention, it is understood that we may vary from the same in details, not departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now, therefore, disclosed our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An all metal awning of the character described, comprising a sloping top member, end members hinged to the said top member to fold flat against the underside thereof when the awning is not in use, means for releasably holding the end members against folding, and the upper edge of the said top member having a downwardly turned flange for mounting the awning.

2. In a metal awning for a window, a sloping top member having a rectangular frame, a metal sheet covering the frame, triangular ends each having a frame and a metal sheet secured to 4 the outside of the frame, hinges joining the upper edges of the ends to the under side of the top member whereby the ends may fold toward each other flat against the underside of the top member when the awning is not in use, a cross brace extending across the lower forward corners of the ends, and means releasably securing the cross brace to the ends to hold them against folding when the awning is in use.

3. In a metal awning for a window, a sloping top member having a rectangular frame, a metal sheet covering the frame, triangular ends each having a frame and metal sheet secured to the outside of the frame, hinges joining the upper edges of the ends to the under side of the top member whereby the ends may fold toward each other flat against the underside of the top member when the awning is not in use, a cross brace extending across the lower forward corners of the ends, means releasably securing the cross brace to the ends to hold them against folding when the awning is in use, and the upper edges of the end sheets extending up along the outside of the ends of the top member frame to hold the ends against folding movement away from each other.

HENRY A. LOGAN. CLAUDIUS N. WILCHER, SR.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Kuhn Aug. 5, 1941 Number 

